Prospects of development for radioactive waste solidification techniques

The conception is assessed of the plan of scientific and research work for the 8th five year plan, which is based on concrete demands from nuclear power plants and on the volume of funds allocated for the solution of the said problems. In the 8th five year plan, certain solidification processes developed in the previous five year plan will be implemented. A mobile calcination and cementation unit will be installed at the Dukovany nuclear power plant and a unit for the vitrification of chromate wastes will be set up at the A-1 nuclear power plant. New solidification procedures will be developed and the procedures already used will be improved to allow nuclear power plants to select the optimal technology of dealing with various types of nuclear power plant wastes. (E.S.)